Honors Colleges: Making a Large School Seem Smaller

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Arizona State University—Tempe (Tempe, AZ): Barrett Honors College
Auburn University (Auburn, AL): Honors College
Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY): Scholars Program
Buffalo State College (Buffalo, NY): Honors College
Clemson University (Clemson, SC): Calhoun Honors College
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO): Honors Program

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Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL): Honors College
Florida International University (Miami, FL): Honors College
Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL): Honors Program
Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN): Hutton Honors College
Iowa State University (Ames, IA): Honors Program
Kent State University (Kent, OH): Honors College
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA): Honors College
Miami University—Oxford (Oxford, OH): Honors Program

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Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI): Honors College

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North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC): Honors Program
Ohio University (Athens, OH): Honors Tutorial College

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Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK): Honors College

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Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA): Honors College
Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR): Honors College
Pennsylvania State University—University Park (University Park, PA): Schreyer Honors College
Purdue University—West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN): Honors Program
South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD): Fishback Honors College
Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO): Stephens Honors Program
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA): Honors Program
Texas A&M University—College Station (College Station, TX): Honors Program
Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX): Honors College

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The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH): Honors & Scholars Program

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The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL): Honors College
The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ): Honors College
The University of Montana (Missoula, MT): Davidson Honors College

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The University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM): Honors College
The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): Variety of honors programs within various disciplines
The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX): Honors College
The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT): Honors College
Tulane University (New Orleans, LA): Honors Program
University at Albany (Albany, NY): Honors College

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University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR): Honors College
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, AR): Blakely Honors College
University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA): Campus-Wide Honors Program
University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Honors Program
University of Central Arkansas (Conway, AR): Schedler Honors College
University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL): Burnett Honors College
University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO): Honors College
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT): Honors Program

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University of Delaware (Newark, DE): Honors Program

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University of Florida (Gainesville, FL): Honors Program
University of Georgia (Athens, GA): Honors Program

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University of Houston (Houston, TX): Honors Program
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL): Campus Honors Program
University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA): Honors Program
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS): Honors Program
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY): Honors Program
University of Maine (Orono, ME): Honors College
University of Maryland—Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD): Honors College
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA): Commonwealth Honors College
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI): Literature, Science, and the Arts Honors Program

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN): Honors Program
University of Mississippi (University, MS): Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College

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University of Missouri—St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): Honors College
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV): Honors College
University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH): Honors Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC): Honors Carolina
University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK): Honors College

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University of Oregon (Eugene, OR): Clark Honors College
University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI): Honors Program

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University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC): Honors College
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL): Honors College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Knoxville, TN): Chancellor's Honors Program, Haslam Scholars Program
University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX): Honors College
University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX): Honors College

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University of Vermont (Burlington, VT): Honors College

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University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA): Echols Scholars Program
University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA): Honors Program
University of West Florida (Pensacola, FL): Kugelman Honors Program
University of West Georgia (Carrollton, GA): Honors College

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University of Wisconsin—Madison (Madison, WI): Letters & Science Honors Program
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA): University Honors, transitioning to Honors College
Washington State University (Pullman, WA): Honors College

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Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, NC): Honors College
Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI): Lee Honors College

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Source: College Finder research and John Willingham's A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs, 2014

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